It's All Kim's Fault!

She's the one who had to go and mention she got this great wireless remote for her camera. Then I had to go check them out at Bangor Photo and see if I needed one. I couldn't decide if I should get the wireless, or the wired remote. They each serve a different purpose, depending on what you are trying to photograph. Of course, I could use both! I tried them out in the store, to see which one I might want to buy first, but couldn't decide. I took this photo with the wired remote. In the end, I decided to buy a roll of film for my medium format camera and think over the whole remote thing. Check out Kim's cool art blog here.

This is a photo of a farm down the street from where I live. I've been looking at this tree out there on the edge of the pond for a few days and thought it would make a great photo. OK, so my photo isn't so great. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to get my camera to see what my eye is seeing! I think I'm needing a wide angle lens for this, but I don't have one...YET!

Fall Photos

It was another really cold day today, so yet again, I holed up here in the toasty warm house and didn't go outside except to take Jacob to school and pick him up. These are two photos I captured this past fall. The fence photo is taken at a lookout point where you can see Mt. Katahdin. It was a little cloudy, so the mountain wasn't a good view. I saw this abandoned house along the way to the mountain, and stopped to take a pic.

Got Gas?

It was so cold outside today, only about 10 degrees, so I decided to post some old photos because I wasn't in the mood to go outside for a walk! Or to actually go outside for anything that wasn't absolutely necessary. There I admit it!

We drive by this gas pump all summer on our way to take our son to baseball practice. I've always loved it. I decided to stop one sunny day and take a few pictures of it last summer. I just love the way it looks there on the lawn.

Snowmen

Today was such a nice, warm day, Jacob and I decided to go outside and play in the snow. A friend of our family, Byron, (who is from Texas and has NEVER built a snowman before), came over and tried his hand at rolling up his first snowman. Well, snow woman, actually. We all had a blast. Jacob and I climbed up the hill a few times and slid down while Byron did some snowshoeing. Ralph, (wimp) stayed inside and walked on the treadmill. I took some great photos with my new camera, but don't know how to download them! I'll need to figure it out ASAP and edit this post.

Foxes in the Field

One day last week, my Mom, my Aunt and I were visiting in our living room, and my Aunt was looking out the window and saw two foxes. They seem to have made themselves a home in the side of the hill on the edge of our field. I've been watching them and trying to get a good picture, but since they are so far away, and my camera lense is only so big, this was the best I could do. You can click on the photos to make them larger, but the quality isn't perfect. I bought a lense doubler today, so next time they are out, I'll see if I can do better. I tried going out and walking a little closer, but they got frightened and ran away. These shots were taken out my window - just don't tell Ralph I had the window open!

Moose Photos for Sherri!

I went into the archives to get these two moose photos for my friend, Sherri, who LOVES them! Both photos were taken during the summer of 2006. My son, Jacob, and I took his friend, Mike, to Mt. Katahdin to try and catch a glimpse of a moose. Mike had never actually seen one, and we knew just the place to take him! We not only saw one moose that day, we saw five ! Here are pictures of three of them. The two cows had been bickering back and forth, until one gave up and decided to leave. (She's the one in the watercolor photo. Next, (what we had been waiting for) the Momma brought out the calf she had been hiding in the woods. She had been protecting her baby from the other moose, but proudly put him on display for those of us watching from a rock on the other side of the stream. I just love this picture of her looking back at him to make sure he was coming along. So, the day was a success. Mike got to see not one, but three moose on the mountain, and two more on the trip home!